Too many printers listed

\015 I have only ONE printer, an HP Photosmart C4180 All-in-One . So why do I have 7 (SEVEN) printers listed in my "Printer" section"?\015\012\015\012ie. Send to One Note 2007\015\012Microsoft XPS Document Writer\015\012HP Photosmart C4100 series\015\012HP Photosmart C4100 series (copy 1)\015\012HP --------------------" ------" (copy 2)\015\012HP....................................(copy 3) AND\015\012HP ..................................(copy 4) which is the only one that works!!!!!\015

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Hi thereYou can delete all the printer profiles except Send to One Note 2007 Microsoft XPS Document Writer and HP copy 4 thats working.make sure you don't delete HP Fax if its thereAfter doing this set the HP C4100 as the default printer and you should be done.

Good luck and thanks for using Fixya!!

Not sure what happen to this but I had the same problem. What you need to do is highlight each one except the first HP Photosmart 4100 series, and delete all the other ones.

So delete the following 6 printers.

Send to One Note 2007Microsoft XPS Document WriterHP Photosmart C4100 series (copy 1)HP --------------------" ------" (copy 2)HP....................................(copy 3) ANDHP ..................................(copy 4) which is the only one that works!!!!!

Now the one that is left should be the default. Do a test page or print something out to make sure.

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